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Myrna Chasteen

Myrna E. Chasteen of St. Paul Park, surrounded by her loving family, was reunited with her husband, James, fifteen brothers and sisters, grandson James Allen Chasteen, Jr., and a great-grandchild.

Myrna was the youngest of nineteen children. She was a strong woman of great faith, and served many at All Saints Lutheran Church in Cottage Grove. Her career began as a legal secretary for a law firm in Muscatine, Iowa. She married the love of her life, James H. Chasteen, and raised five children, moving to St. Paul Park, Minn., in 1961.

Myrna was a talented artist, loved to dance, travel and take pictures to chronicle the meaningful times of her life. She loved animals, and trained several horses and dogs throughout her life, a talent that she passed on to her children.